Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:54:33 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/fortune fortune.c Message-ID: <42E29269.4030305@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20050723182455.6AD3516A442@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050723182455.6AD3516A442@hub.freebsd.org>
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Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > ache 2005-07-23 18:24:47 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > games/fortune/fortune fortune.c > Log: > My change, namely srandomdev() addition, was backed out even without > discussing with me, and I obviously disagree seeing that afterwards > (srandomdev() back out not fix any thing, it can only mask the problem). > > So, back out the back out and return srandomdev(). > > People who have problems with repeated quotes should use -D fortune > option for debugging to see is the problem in (1) /dev/random initialization > or in (2) fortune code itself. A bug in initializing /dev/random is a security issue and not one to be taken lightly. I hope whoever is affected by this puts some effort into debugging it. -- Nate
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